Content Networking Groups - ELA Web Resources

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Title	Description	Link	Suggested Grade Level
Crash Course: Literature	7 to 13 minute webisodes exploring a few major literary works in an upbeat and engaging manner. (YouTube channel)	http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb	9-12
CGP Grey "The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and..."	5:15 runtime. YouTube explainer CGP Grey quickly runs through the political and geographic complexities of the British Isles and related countries.	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10	British Literature
Literature Circle Strategies for High School Classrooms	This is a great starting point for those who want to discourage kids from "not reading" by using literature circles.	http://www.studyguide.org/lit_circles_high_school.htm	9-12
"The Pit and the Pendulum"	Rap music video based upon Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum."	http://www.flocabulary.com/poe-pit/	American Literature
Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)	The definitive resource for all-things-writing-related. Includes a grades 7-12 section and MLA style guide!	http://owl.english.purdue.edu/	7-12
Public Speaking Materials	A Hip-hop song that informs the necessary effective skills of public speaking	http://teachertube.com/music.php?music_id=3830&title=Public_Speaking	9-12
Alliteration/Consonance	Good introduction to skills using a Johnny Carson Jack Webb skit	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjquGpmgwOo	9-12
Diigo	Online bookmarking and annotation. Create a diigo educator account to be able to form student accounts and groups to share bookmarks, highlighted webpages and sticky notes. GREAT for online "talking to the text."	https://www.diigo.com/index	7-12
Ohio Department of Education Common Core	Resources for Aligning to Common Core and Lesson Plan Examples.	http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=1699&Content=136734	K-12
Learning Curve Planner - graphic organizers and templates	Resources for over 3 dozen graphic organizers and PDFs as well as some templates	http://learningcurveplanner.com.au/thinking-tools.html
Socrative	uses cell phones and/or laptops (user's choice) for gathering feedback from students. the teacher can post as many questions as he/she wants in a variety of fun formats.	http://www.socrative.com
Persuasive essay and speech website	Uses links, article, quotations, etc. on both sides of controversial topics.	http://www.procon.org/	9-12
SAT Vocabulary Prep for Middle and High School	videos, flashcards, and test prep for SAT	http://www.vocabahead.com/StudyRoom/tabid/61/Default.aspx
Research: Sweet Search	Juried site similar to Google with no pop ups	http://www.sweetsearch.com/	9-12
Karpeles Museums Manuscript Library	A collection of primary source documents with a 'reader' which shows the document in a legible font.	http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/list.html	6-12
The Curriculum Corner	"Weaving the Common Core into your daily curriculum."	http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/	K-6
Read with Me ABC	Blog from Elementary teacher Teachers can access the book online to use on SmartSlate via www.wegivebooks.org Joining is free...HUGE selection of books, as well.	http://readwithmeabc.blogspot.com/	K - 5
Common Lit	Free Literacy resources and progress tracking tools for grades 5-12. Free - but must create an account.	https://www.commonlit.org/	5 - 12